List of Northwestern University Alumni - Journalism

Journalism

• J. A. Adande, ESPN contributor, Around the Horn; former Los Angeles Times sports columnist
• Peter Alexander, national correspondent, NBC News
• Peter Applebome (M.S. 1974), reporter at The New York Times
• Jabari Asim, columnist, Washington Post
• David Barstow (B.S. 1986), Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times
• Steve Bell (M.S. 1963), former correspondent for ABC News
• Amalie Benjamin, sports columnist, Boston Globe
• Ira Berkow (M.S. 1964), sports columnist, The New York Times
• Kai Bird (M.S. 1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist
• Kevin Blackistone (B.S. 1981), ESPN contributor, Around the Horn; former Dallas Morning News sports columnist
• Valerie Boyd (B.S. 1985), author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston; former Atlanta Journal-Constitution arts editor
• Christine Brennan (B.S. 1980, M.S. 1981), sports columnist, USA Today
• Elisabeth Bumiller, former White House Correspondent, The New York Times
• Benedict Carey (M.S. 1985), science reporter, The New York Times
• Amanda Congdon (B.S. 2003), former hostess of Rocketboom
• Mort Crim (M.S. 1963), former broadcast journalist
• Benoit Denizet-Lewis (B.S. 1997), contributor to the New York Times Magazine and author of America Anonymous
• Gregg Easterbrook (M.S.J.), author and journalist, senior editor of The New Republic
• Rich Eisen, NFL Network anchor
• Linda Foley (B.S. 1977) president, The Newspaper Guild
• John Fricke, Emmy Award-winning author/historian; noted expert on Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz
• Georgie Anne Geyer, journalist
• Ira Glass, host, NPR's "This American Life" attended Northwestern but transferred to Brown University and graduated from there.
• Patrick Goldstein (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976), columnist and reporter, Los Angeles Times
• Joshua Green (M.S.J.), senior editor, The Atlantic
• Lauren Green, religion correspondent for Fox News Channel
• Mike Greenberg ESPN Sportscenter anchor, Co-Host of Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio
• John Heilemann (B.A.), journalist at New York magazine and co-author of Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
• Jon Heyman, Baseball Writer, Sports Illustrated
• Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Washington Post and novelist
• Michael Isikoff, investigative journalist for Newsweek magazine
• Laura Jacobs (B.A. 1978), contributing editor at Vanity Fair and New Criterion dance critic
• Jeff Jarvis, creator of Entertainment Weekly, columnist, professor at CUNY Journalism program
• Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief, Mother Jones Magazine
• Maura Johnston (B.S. 1997), music editor, The Village Voice
• Sherry Jones (M.S. 1971), senior producer, Frontline
• Walter Kerr, Broadway theater critic, playwright, and author
• Hank Klibanoff (M.S.J. 1973), former managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
• Rikki Klieman, Court TV anchor and legal analyst
• Michelle Kosinski, correspondent, NBC News
• Irv Kupcinet, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist
• Katherine Lanpher (B.S.J.), writer and radio personality, author of Leap Days
• Nicole Lapin (B.S.J. 2005), anchor, CNN Pipeline
• Stewart Mandel, College Football Writer, Sports Illustrated
• Robert R. McCormick, former owner of the Chicago Tribune
• Brent Musburger, sports announcer, ABC
• Rachel Nichols, ESPN and Washington Post reporter
• Kelly O'Donnell (B.A. 1987), White House correspondent for NBC News
• John Palmer, former news correspondent for NBC News
• Barry Petersen, foreign correspondent, CBS News
• Daniel H. Pink (B.A. 1986), author of A Whole New Mind
• Neal Pollack, novelist, essayist, and humor writer.
• Seth Porges, technology writer, television commentator, and Popular Mechanics editor.
• Steven Reddicliffe (B.S. 1975), former editor-in-chief, TV Guide; current television editor for The New York Times
• Nick Reding (B.A. 1994), author of "Methland" and "The Last Cowboys at the End of the World"
• Kathy Reichs, best-selling novelist and forensic anthropologist.
• Jacque Reid, television and radio personality, former lead anchor for the BET nightly news
• Dave Revsine, sportscaster for Big Ten Network, formerly with ESPN
• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Big Ten Blogger
• Tina Rosenberg (B.A. 1981, M.S.J.) author and journalist at The New York Times Magazine
• Darren Rovell, CNBC Sports Business Reporter
• Daniel Rubin, metro columnist,"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
• Steve Scully (Master of Science), host, political editor, and senior producer of C-SPAN's Washington Journal
• Anatole Shub, journalist for Washington Post and New York Times, author*
• Jane Skinner, host of Fox News Live
• David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover and political strategist
• Evan Smith, Editor in Chief of Texas Monthly
• Lynn Sweet, Washington, D.C., bureau chief and columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
• Dina Temple-Raston (B.A. 1986), journalist, author, and National Public Radio correspondent
• Rick Telander, sportswriter, "Chicago Sun Times"
• Sander Vanocur, journalist
• Julia Wallace (B.S. 1978), editor, The Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Alan Weisman, (B.A., M.A.), journalist and author of The World Without Us
• Gary Weiss, journalist
• Michael Wilbon, ESPN analyst (Pardon the Interruption, NBA Countdown) and Washington Post sports columnist